Age of Rebirth

"That's enough, Chief of Staff Zhao! Under the current circumstances, any short-sightedness and hesitation will put the soldiers of the 10,000+ Independent Division in an extremely dangerous situation. What I need now is not any advice, but an immediate response." Execute the order!" Tang Qiuli's face changed suddenly, and he said to Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe with sharp eyes and sharp tone.

Zhao Yuhe was really taken aback. This was the first time he had seen the teacher get angry at him, and his eyes seemed to kill, but he was just a little stunned, and immediately replied loudly: "Yes, teacher! I will execute you immediately. The command!"

Zhao Yuhe turned around and left in a hurry. Tang Qiuli's face was livid, and he said to Shanhu: "Huzi, organize the division to evacuate all personnel immediately, hurry up!"

"Chen Feng! Chen Feng!" Tang Qiuli shouted again, and Chen Feng, the director of the communications department, rushed over, "Master, what orders do you have?" he asked.

"Send a message to Ouyang Yishan of the [-]nd Brigade and Chu Ziye of the [-]th Brigade that your department's blocking is really necessary to buy time for other troops to leave the battlefield, but the blocking time should not be too long. Take care of each other, but it should not exceed two hours. After the blockade is completed, turn to the direction of Kulun and meet with the main force of the corps. Remember that you must not be reckless in fighting. You must withdraw from the battlefield decisively and quickly, with the primary goal of getting rid of the entanglement of the Soviet army!" Tang Qiu Li dictated.

The flying artillery shells fell densely on the encirclement, shaking the ground, and filled the air with fireworks. Tens of thousands of Soviet soldiers were like sitting on a small boat in the wind and rain, and they were in danger of sinking at any time. General, his face was pale, he never thought that even with the fighters and bombers of the Air Force, even with the 40 reinforcements close at hand.Tang Qiuli was still determined to encircle and annihilate himself, and the No.[-] Third Army could not escape the fate of annihilation in the end.

The sound waves from the explosion rumbled through the air, and the bodies of the Soviet soldiers became torn apart in the column of smoke rising into the sky.Almost all were shrouded in fragments of steel.

Lieutenant General Bamijanov knew that he would not be spared. Before the reinforcements arrived, he and the tens of thousands of surviving soldiers would be bombarded by the independent division's volcanic eruption.Torn into pieces, Mi curled up at the foot of the shelter, and took out the paper and pen with a dull expression.Prepare to write a suicide note.

suddenly.The sound of the artillery stopped suddenly, like a summer rainstorm, coming and going quickly, coming unprepared, and going like the wind, "What's the situation? Why did the Chinese shelling stop suddenly? It was their tanks and infantry. Started Did you attack? But, why didn't you hear the intense gunshots?" Lieutenant General Bamijanov raised his head blankly, staring blankly at the battlefield still shrouded in gunpowder smoke and fireworks.Thoughts temporarily blank.

Major General Khabarovsky, Chief of Staff of the Army Group, with dust all over his head and face, his military uniform was torn several times, and under the protection of several guards, he stumbled into the shelter, "Comrade Division, Commander, the Chinese retreat Let's go, we're saved!—yes, we're saved! It's all over!" He shouted incoherently, excitedly.

"The Chinese have withdrawn? ——Saved! Two days and two nights like purgatory have passed!" Lieutenant General Bamijanov seemed unable to believe this fact, and repeated in a murmur, suddenly feeling weak all over. , All the strength was pulled away, and he fell limply to the ground.

The division pointed out that the second brigade of Ouyang Yishan and the fourth brigade of Chu Ziye immediately withdrew from the battlefield and went up to meet the [-] Soviet reinforcements, while the other six brigades took advantage of the encirclement. The Soviet army inside, when they were beaten dizzily, quickly left the battlefield and headed towards Kulun.

The blockade by the second brigade and the fourth brigade also appeared suddenly. The four-way Soviet soldiers, who were on their way, were suddenly attacked at a distance of more than 20 kilometers from Balekcha. Groups of mortar shells roared and landed In the marching column of the Soviet army, the bombing caused the Soviet soldiers to turn their backs, and the trucks and armored vehicles were ablaze. Although the heavy artillery regiments of the two brigades withdrew with the artillery units, Ouyang Yishan and Chu Ziye used mortars to fire Lost the momentum of the cannon.

Rescuing soldiers is like fighting a fire. The commander of the four-way Soviet mechanized troops who received the order to die had to bite the bullet and rush in even if there was a sea of ​​fire in front of him. The Soviet tanks, covering the infantry regiments and divisions, started a ferocious attack. The tracks of the tanks rolled up dust all over the sky, and pounced on the simple fortifications built hastily by the second and fourth brigades.

Almost as soon as the fight was fought, the battle became fierce. Soviet tanks and infantry swarmed in, shells rained down on the positions of the independent division troops, and the frozen soil and smoke from the blast flew all over the sky, covering the positions .

Two hours later, Ouyang Yishan spoke to Chu Ziye, "Brigade Commander Chu, the blocking time stipulated by the division commander has arrived, and the second brigade is ready to withdraw from the battlefield. We must withdraw immediately, otherwise, we will be punished." The Soviet army is entangled, and when the main force of the Soviet army behind catches up, it will be difficult to escape!"

The muscles on Chu Ziye's cheeks twitched uncontrollably, but in the two-hour blockade, the fourth brigade filled in more than 4000 people, who were suppressed by the Soviet artillery fire. This battle was aggrieved, "Ouyang Brigadier, I'm ready to retreat, let's go now! We'll settle this account later!" Gritting his teeth, Chu Ziye said viciously.

Ouyang Yishan, who put down the phone, felt a severe pain in his heart like a knife. The direction of the second brigade's blockade was the key breakthrough area of ​​the Soviet army. More than 7000 people were recruited.

The reinforcements of the Soviet soldiers cautiously stepped across the battlefield that was still full of gunpowder and full of bomb craters. There was nothing but a thick layer of shell casings in the simple trenches. When the Chinese retreated, even the corpses of the dead soldiers were buried. No one was left, let alone the wounded!

The four Soviet commanders had a brief discussion. Before them, there were two choices. One was to pursue the retreating independent division immediately, and the other was to follow the orders of the Front Army Command and Group Army Command to continue to Pale. Kecha, round with the No.40 Third Army.

The first choice is undoubtedly correct. It is very likely to bite the tail of the independent division and entangle it until the arrival of the follow-up troops, but it also contains dangers that cannot be judged. In case, this is another Chinese trap. This place, waiting for my [-] troops, has already experienced the cunning and ferocity of the Chinese during several fights with the independent division, and the follow-up troops are still nearly a day away from me.

The strength of 6 troops alone is not enough compared to the independent divisions that can encircle the No.40 Third Army with 10,000+ people. Once it is really a Chinese trap, not only will the No.40 Third Army not be rescued, even the I have to get in. The No.10,000 Third Army, which has 40+ people, was beaten to pieces within two days, and almost the entire army was wiped out. These Soviet commanders had to be scared and fearful. No one dared to underestimate the evil The famous Tang Qiuli.

The second choice is the safest, because the order received was to reinforce the No.40 Third Army as quickly as possible to prevent its entire army from being annihilated, and also to save myself from being executed by shooting. The fate of the capture, as far as the further considerations of the front army headquarters, is not in the scope of my worries, and, after being blocked here for two hours, the main force of the independent division has long since withdrawn to a safe distance.

If it is a pursuit, whether it can catch up is still an ambiguous question. The most important thing is that the blocking battle just now was full of blood and blood. The strength of the blocking troops of the independent division is obviously less than that of our own side, but they can block for two hours. , and caused a lot of casualties to the reinforcements, and its combat effectiveness was frightening. After weighing the pros and cons, the commanders of the four-way Soviet reinforcements reached a consensus and resolutely carried out the orders of the commander of the front army, General Vasilevsky .

Ever since, the 40 Soviet reinforcements followed the remaining traces on the battlefield, buried the corpses, took the wounded, and continued to advance rapidly in the direction of Balekcha. There, there was the unlucky No.[-] Third Army waiting for rescue. !

More than an hour after leaving the blocking battlefield, Major General Chu Ziye, the commander of the [-]th Brigade directly under the Corps, sat in the armored command vehicle, without saying a word, with a gloomy face and murderous eyes, "Stop!" As the driver shouted, the armored command vehicle came to an abrupt stop, billowing up a cloud of smoke and dust, and the retreating troops, like a torrent, hurried past.

"Chengguang, the Soviet army didn't catch up?" he asked Colonel Wu Chengguang, chief of staff of the brigade.

Wu Chengguang replied: "Brigade Commander, the fourth regiment serving as the rear guard reported that the Soviet army continued to go in the direction of Balekcha and did not pursue us. The reconnaissance troops also confirmed this point. In front of them, the troops have completely left the battlefield. "

"Damn it, it's really boring. I'm planning to kill the carbine!" Chu Ziye muttered dissatisfiedly, with a look of regret. According to Chu Ziye's thinking, he really planned to kill the Soviet army. It is impossible for the entire Soviet army to be used to chase myself and the second brigade, so there is an opportunity to catch up with 2 or [-] people, which happens to be the food that is brought to my mouth. I will continue to keep close to the pursuing Soviet army for a day or two. After that, find a suitable area, turn around suddenly, and eat the pursuing Soviet army.

Unexpectedly, the Soviet army did not cooperate and did not dare to catch up, which made Chu Ziye feel frustrated, "Chengguang, order the fourth regiment of the rear guard to speed up the march and catch up with the brigade's main force!" He said to Wu Chengguang.

Jumping off the armored command vehicle, Chu Ziye lit a cigarette, took a deep puff, looked at the troops passing by like a torrent, rolled his eyes for a few times, and began to think, "If there is no Soviet army chasing him, what would happen?" Is there any chasing troops in the direction of the second brigade? If there is, it is also a good opportunity!"

(to be continued) (to be continued..)